Commercial
Commercial Buildings in Dubai
This is a building-by-building directory of Dubai's commercial office stock, written for the people who actually transact on it — investors weighing an asset and occupiers weighing a move. Every tower is profiled to the same structure, so you can compare like for like instead of wading through brochures and listings. Start with a submarket, or search for a building by name.
A BUILDING-BY-BUILDING GUIDE TO DUBAI'S OFFICE MARKET
Dubai's office market is not one market. It is a set of distinct submarkets — Business Bay, DIFC, Sheikh Zayed Road, Jumeirah Lake Towers and a dozen more — each with its own grade of stock, ownership pattern, tenant base and price point. A Grade A floor in the DIFC and a freehold office unit in JLT are different products, bought by different people for different reasons, and treating them as interchangeable is how investors and occupiers get caught out.
This directory is built around that reality. Rather than describing areas in the abstract, it profiles the individual buildings that make up each submarket, so you can see exactly what stock exists, how it differs, and where a given building sits relative to its neighbours.
All 193 building profiles, A to Z
Search by building name or submarket, filter to one of 31 submarkets, or jump straight to a letter.
DIFC
AHS Tower
- Type
- Office
- Developer
- AHS Properties
- Floors
- 69
- Ownership
- Freehold
1 unit listed
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Al Barsha Heights (TECOM)
Al Ameri Tower
- Type
- Office
- Floors
- 23
- Ownership
- Freehold
DIFC
Al Fattan Currency House
- Developer
- Al Fattan Properties
Business Bay
Al Manara Tower
- Type
- Office
- Ownership
- Freehold
Sheikh Zayed Road
Al Moosa Tower 1
- Type
- Office
- Developer
- Al Moosa Group
- Floors
- 22
- Completed
- 1996
Sheikh Zayed Road
Al Moosa Tower 2
- Type
- Office
- Developer
- Arenco Real Estate
- Floors
- G+30
- Completed
- 2008
Al Barsha Heights (TECOM)
Al Shafar Tower 1
- Type
- Office
- Floors
- 26
- Ownership
- Freehold
Dubai Internet City
Al Shatha Tower
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Al Barsha Heights (TECOM)
Al Thuraya Tower 1
- Type
- Office
- Developer
- Tameer Holding Investment
- Floors
- 27
- Completed
- 2008
Dubai Internet City
Al Thuraya Tower 2
- Type
- Office
Meydan Horizon
Al Vista
- Type
- Office
- Developer
- Dubai Investments
- Ownership
- Freehold
1 unit listed
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Jumeirah Lake Towers (JLT)
Almas Tower
- Type
- Office
- Floors
- 68
- Completed
- 2008
- Ownership
- Freehold
Business Bay
API World Tower
- Type
- Office
- Ownership
- Freehold
Dubai Media City
Arenco Tower
- Type
- Office
- Floors
- 46
- Ownership
- Freehold
Business Bay
Aspect Tower
- Type
- Office
- Ownership
- Freehold
Sheikh Zayed Road
Aspin Commercial Tower
- Type
- Office
- Developer
- AHK Holding LLC
- Floors
- 60
- Completed
- 2013–2014
Dubai Sports City
Aspirz
- Type
- Mixed-use
- Developer
- Danube
- Floors
- 47
1 unit listed
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Bur Dubai
Atrium Centre
- Type
- Office
- Floors
- 9
Dubai Internet City
Aurora Tower
- Type
- Office
- Ownership
- Freehold
Business Bay
B2B Tower
- Type
- Office
- Ownership
- Freehold
Bur Dubai
Bank Street Building
- Type
- Office
- Floors
- 8
- Ownership
- Freehold
Majan
Barari Avenue
- Developer
- Samana Developers
1 unit listed
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Business Bay
Bay Square
- Type
- Mixed-use
- Ownership
- Freehold
Business Bay
Bayswater Tower
- Ownership
- Freehold
Jumeirah Village Circle (JVC)
Binghatti Amberhall
- Type
- Mixed-use
- Developer
- Binghatti Developers
1 unit listed
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Al Jaddaf
Binghatti Moonlight
- Type
- Mixed-use
- Developer
- Binghatti Developers
2 units listed
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Downtown Dubai
Boulevard Plaza Tower 1
- Type
- Office
- Developer
- Emaar Properties
- Floors
- 36
- Ownership
- Freehold
Downtown Dubai
Boulevard Plaza Tower 2
- Type
- Office
- Developer
- Emaar Properties
- Floors
- 30
- Ownership
- Freehold
Sheikh Zayed Road
Burj Al Salam
- Type
- Mixed-use
- Floors
- 58
- Completed
- 2014
- Ownership
- Freehold
Business Bay
Burj Capital
- Type
- Office
- Developer
- Centurion Developers
- Ownership
- Freehold
1 unit listed
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DIFC
Burj Daman
- Type
- Mixed-use
- Developer
- DIFC Authority and Mubadala Investment Company
- Floors
- 65
- Completed
- 2014
Bur Dubai
BurJuman Business Tower
- Type
- Office
- Developer
- Al Ghurair Group
- Floors
- 30
- Completed
- 2006
Business Bay
Burlington Tower
- Type
- Office
- Ownership
- Freehold
Dubai Media City
Business Central Tower A
- Type
- Office
- Developer
- Fakhruddin Properties
- Floors
- 53
- Completed
- 2008
Dubai Media City
Business Central Tower B
- Type
- Office
- Developer
- Fakhruddin Properties
- Floors
- 53
- Completed
- 2008
Deira
Business Village
- Type
- Office
Business Bay
Capital Bay Tower
- Type
- Office
- Developer
- Deyaar Development
- Floors
- 38
- Completed
- 2012
Jumeirah Village Circle (JVC)
Capital One JVC
- Type
- Mixed-use
- Developer
- Centurion Developers
- Ownership
- Freehold
2 units listed
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Motor City
Capital One Motor City
- Developer
- Centurion Developers
1 unit listed
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Al Barsha Heights (TECOM)
Cayan Business Center
- Type
- Office
- Floors
- 13
- Completed
- 2008
- Ownership
- Freehold
DIFC
Central Park Towers
- Type
- Mixed-use
- Developer
- Limitless
- Floors
- 45
- Completed
- 2013
Business Bay
Churchill Executive Tower
- Type
- Office
- Developer
- Churchill Properties
- Ownership
- Freehold
Business Bay
Churchill Tower 1
- Type
- Office
- Developer
- Churchill Properties
Business Bay
Churchill Tower 2
- Type
- Office
- Developer
- Churchill Properties
Deira
City Gate Building
- Type
- Office
Business Bay
Clover Bay Tower
- Type
- Office
- Ownership
- Freehold
Dubai Media City
Concord Tower
- Type
- Office
- Completed
- 2005
- Ownership
- Freehold
DLRC
Cove Boulevard
- Type
- Office
- Developer
- Imtiaz Developments
- Ownership
- Freehold
1 unit listed
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Business Bay
Crystal Tower
- Type
- Office
- Ownership
- Freehold
Business Bay
DAMAC Business Tower
- Type
- Office
- Developer
- DAMAC Properties
- Ownership
- Freehold
DAMAC Hills
DAMAC District
- Developer
- DAMAC Properties
1 unit listed
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Al Barsha Heights (TECOM)
DAMAC Executive Heights
- Type
- Office
- Developer
- DAMAC Properties
- Floors
- 25
- Ownership
- Freehold
Al Barsha Heights (TECOM)
DAMAC Smart Heights
- Type
- Office
- Developer
- DAMAC Properties
- Floors
- 26
- Ownership
- Freehold
Deira
Deira City Tower
- Type
- Office
DIFC
DIFC Square
- Developer
- DIFC Authority
- Completed
- 2026
Deira
Dubai National Insurance Building
- Type
- Office
- Floors
- 12
Sheikh Zayed Road
Dubai World Trade Centre
- Floors
- 39
Meydan Horizon
Eaton Square
- Type
- Office
- Developer
- Ellington Properties
1 unit listed
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Jumeirah Village Triangle (JVT)
ELAR1S Axis
- Type
- Office
- Developer
- Object 1
- Ownership
- Freehold
2 units listed
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Jumeirah Village Triangle (JVT)
ELAR1S Rise
- Type
- Office
- Developer
- Object 1
- Ownership
- Freehold
1 unit listed
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Downtown Dubai
Emaar Square Building 1
- Type
- Office
- Developer
- Emaar Properties
Downtown Dubai
Emaar Square Building 2
- Type
- Office
- Developer
- Emaar Properties
Downtown Dubai
Emaar Square Building 3
- Type
- Office
- Developer
- Emaar Properties
Downtown Dubai
Emaar Square Building 4
- Type
- Office
- Developer
- Emaar Properties
Downtown Dubai
Emaar Square Building 5
- Type
- Office
- Developer
- Emaar Properties
Downtown Dubai
Emaar Square Building 6
- Type
- Office
- Developer
- Emaar Properties
DIFC
Emirates Financial Towers
- Type
- Office
- Developer
- Enshaa PSC and MAG Group
- Completed
- 2011
Sheikh Zayed Road
Emirates Office Tower
- Type
- Office
- Developer
- Al Ghurair
- Floors
- 54
- Completed
- 1999
Business Bay
Enara
- Type
- Office
- Developer
- Omniyat
- Floors
- 21
1 unit listed
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Business Bay
Executive Tower B
- Type
- Office
- Ownership
- Freehold
Business Bay
Executive Tower C
- Type
- Office
- Ownership
- Freehold
Dubai Festival City
Festival Tower
- Type
- Office
- Developer
- Al Futtaim Group
- Floors
- 33
- Completed
- 2007
Jumeirah Lake Towers (JLT)
Fortune Executive Tower
- Type
- Office
- Developer
- Executive Holdings Ltd.
- Floors
- 35
- Completed
- 2010
Jumeirah Lake Towers (JLT)
Fortune Tower
- Type
- Office
- Developer
- Fortune Properties
- Floors
- 35
- Completed
- 2008
DIFC
Gate Village DIFC
- Type
- Mixed-use
- Developer
- DIFC Authority
- Completed
- 2008
Dubai Industrial City
GFS Coventry Centro
- Type
- Mixed-use
- Developer
- GFS Developments
1 unit listed
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Jumeirah Lake Towers (JLT)
Gold Tower
- Type
- Office
- Completed
- 2010
- Ownership
- Freehold
Jumeirah Lake Towers (JLT)
Goldcrest Executive
- Type
- Mixed-use
- Developer
- ETA Star – Giga
- Floors
- 40
- Completed
- 2009
Al Barsha Heights (TECOM)
Grosvenor Business Tower
- Type
- Office
- Developer
- Asam Investment and Real Estate
- Floors
- 25
- Completed
- 2008
Bur Dubai
Gulf Towers
- Type
- Office
- Developer
- Buhaleeba Group (BHC)
- Floors
- 11–12
- Completed
- 2000
Business Bay
Haus of Tenet
- Type
- Office
- Developer
- IRTH
1 unit listed
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Jumeirah Lake Towers (JLT)
HDS Business Centre
- Type
- Office
- Ownership
- Freehold
Jumeirah Lake Towers (JLT)
HDS Tower
- Type
- Office
- Developer
- HDS Group
- Floors
- 39
- Completed
- 2008
Al Furjan
HQ by Arista Properties
- Developer
- Arista Properties
2 units listed
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Business Bay
HQ by Rove
- Type
- Office
- Developer
- IRTH
1 unit listed
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Al Barsha Heights (TECOM)
I-Rise Tower
- Developer
- Realty Capital
- Floors
- 37
- Completed
- 2014
DIFC
ICD Brookfield Place
- Type
- Mixed-use
- Developer
- Investment Corporation of Dubai (ICD) and Brookfield Asset Management
- Floors
- 54
- Completed
- 2019
Al Barsha Heights (TECOM)
Icon Tower
- Type
- Office
- Floors
- 15
- Ownership
- Freehold
DIFC
Index Tower
- Type
- Mixed-use
- Developer
- Union Properties
- Floors
- 80
- Completed
- 2010
Jumeirah Lake Towers (JLT)
Indigo Tower
- Type
- Office
- Ownership
- Freehold
DIFC
Innovation One DIFC
- Type
- Office
- Developer
- DIFC Authority
- Floors
- 15
- Completed
- 2023
Jumeirah Village Triangle (JVT)
Interstellar Tower
- Type
- Office
- Developer
- Mr. Eight Development
- Ownership
- Freehold
2 units listed
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Business Bay
Iris Bay
- Type
- Office
- Developer
- Al Farj Real Estate
Business Bay
Irtifa'a Tower
- Type
- Office
- Ownership
- Freehold
Dubai Silicon Oasis
IT Plaza
- Type
- Office
- Developer
- Fatima International FZC
- Floors
- 15
- Completed
- 2008
DLRC
Ivy Gardens
- Type
- Office
- Developer
- Samana Developers
- Ownership
- Freehold
1 unit listed
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Jumeirah Lake Towers (JLT)
JBC 1
- Type
- Office
- Developer
- DAMAC Properties
Jumeirah Lake Towers (JLT)
JBC 2
- Type
- Office
- Developer
- DAMAC Properties
Jumeirah Lake Towers (JLT)
JBC 3
- Type
- Office
- Developer
- DAMAC Properties
Jumeirah Lake Towers (JLT)
JBC 4
- Type
- Office
- Developer
- DAMAC Properties
Jumeirah Lake Towers (JLT)
JBC 5
- Type
- Office
- Developer
- DAMAC Properties
Jumeirah Lake Towers (JLT)
Jumeirah Bay X1 Tower
- Type
- Office
- Ownership
- Freehold
Jumeirah Lake Towers (JLT)
Jumeirah Bay X2 Tower
- Type
- Office
- Ownership
- Freehold
Jumeirah Lake Towers (JLT)
Jumeirah Bay X3 Tower
- Type
- Office
- Completed
- 2010
- Ownership
- Freehold
Business Bay
Lake Central Tower
- Floors
- 35
- Ownership
- Freehold
Jumeirah Lake Towers (JLT)
Lake City Tower
- Type
- Office
- Ownership
- Freehold
Dubai Silicon Oasis
Le Solarium
- Type
- Office
- Developer
- Credo Investments FZE
- Floors
- 15
- Completed
- 2008
DIFC
Liberty House
- Type
- Mixed-use
- Developer
- ETA STAR Property Developers
- Floors
- 42
- Completed
- 2009
Business Bay
Lumena
- Type
- Office
- Developer
- Omniyat
- Floors
- 47
1 unit listed
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Business Bay
Lumena Alta
- Type
- Office
- Developer
- Omniyat
1 unit listed
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Dubai Internet City
Mashreq Building
- Type
- Office
- Ownership
- Freehold
Jumeirah Lake Towers (JLT)
Mazaya Business Avenue AA1
- Type
- Office
- Developer
- Mazaya Holding
- Floors
- 45
- Completed
- 2012
Jumeirah Lake Towers (JLT)
Mazaya Business Avenue BB1
- Type
- Office
- Developer
- Mazaya Holding
- Floors
- 45
- Completed
- 2012
Jumeirah Lake Towers (JLT)
Mazaya Business Avenue BB2
- Type
- Office
- Developer
- Mazaya Holding
- Floors
- 45
- Completed
- 2012
Sheikh Zayed Road
Maze Tower
- Type
- Mixed-use
- Developer
- Al Rostamani Group
- Floors
- 55
- Completed
- 2014
Al Barsha Heights (TECOM)
MCN Building
- Type
- Office
- Floors
- 15
Jumeirah Lake Towers (JLT)
ME DO RE Business
- Type
- Office
- Developer
- Me Do Re
- Ownership
- Freehold
1 unit listed
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Dubai Media City
Media One Tower
- Type
- Mixed-use
- Developer
- Al-Jaber Engineering & Contracting (ALEC)
- Floors
- 40
- Completed
- 2008
Sheikh Zayed Road
Millennium Plaza Commercial Tower
- Type
- Office
- Completed
- 1994
Motor City
Monarch
- Developer
- Zane Developments
2 units listed
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Business Bay
O14 Tower
- Completed
- 2010
Dubai Internet City
Office Park Dubai Internet City
- Type
- Office
Business Bay
One Business Bay
- Type
- Office
- Ownership
- Freehold
Jumeirah Lake Towers (JLT)
One Lake Plaza
- Type
- Office
- Ownership
- Freehold
Business Bay
Ontario Tower
- Type
- Office
- Ownership
- Freehold
Al Barsha Heights (TECOM)
Onyx Tower 1
- Type
- Office
- Developer
- Ishraqah
- Floors
- 14
- Ownership
- Freehold
Al Barsha Heights (TECOM)
Onyx Tower 2
- Type
- Mixed-use
- Developer
- Ishraqah
- Floors
- 24
- Completed
- 2017
Business Bay
Opal Tower
- Type
- Office
- Ownership
- Freehold
Jumeirah Lake Towers (JLT)
Palladium Tower
- Type
- Mixed-use
- Developer
- ETA Star
- Floors
- 35
- Completed
- 2007
Business Bay
Park Lane Tower
- Type
- Office
- Ownership
- Freehold
Sheikh Zayed Road
Park Place Tower
- Type
- Mixed-use
- Developer
- Ascott
- Floors
- 56
- Completed
- 2007
Dubailand
Piazza Roma
- Developer
- DAMAC Properties
Jumeirah Lake Towers (JLT)
Platinum Tower
- Completed
- 2011
- Ownership
- Freehold
Jumeirah Lake Towers (JLT)
Preatoni Tower
- Type
- Mixed-use
- Floors
- 46
- Completed
- 2018
- Ownership
- Freehold
Business Bay
Prime Tower
- Type
- Office
- Ownership
- Freehold
Jumeirah Lake Towers (JLT)
Saba Tower 1
- Type
- Office
- Ownership
- Freehold
Majan
Samana Business Park 2
- Type
- Mixed-use
- Developer
- Samana Developers
2 units listed
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International City
Samana Greenfield
- Type
- Mixed-use
- Developer
- Samana Developers
- Ownership
- Freehold
2 units listed
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Meydan Horizon
Sanctuary by Prestige One
- Type
- Office
- Developer
- Prestige One Developments
- Ownership
- Freehold
1 unit listed
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Al Sufouh
Shahrukhz by Danube
- Type
- Office
- Developer
- Danube Properties
- Floors
- 55
2 units listed
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Jumeirah Lake Towers (JLT)
Silver Tower
- Type
- Office
- Completed
- 2010
- Ownership
- Freehold
Business Bay
Single Business Tower
- Type
- Office
- Ownership
- Freehold
Dubai Silicon Oasis
SIT Tower
- Type
- Office
- Floors
- 26
- Completed
- 2012
- Ownership
- Freehold
DLRC
Sky Line
- Type
- Office
- Developer
- Peace Homes
- Ownership
- Freehold
2 units listed
View →
Jebel Ali Village
Sobha Central
- Type
- Mixed-use
- Developer
- Sobha Realty
2 units listed
View →
Business Bay
SOL Bay
- Developer
- SOL Properties
1 unit listed
View →
Sheikh Zayed Road
Sol Luxe Tower
- Type
- Mixed-use
- Developer
- SOL Properties
- Floors
- 62
1 unit listed
View →
Dubai Silicon Oasis
Suntech Tower
- Type
- Office
- Developer
- Sun & Sand Developers
- Floors
- 10
- Completed
- 2011
Jumeirah Lake Towers (JLT)
Swiss Tower
- Type
- Office
- Ownership
- Freehold
Business Bay
Tamani Arts Offices
- Type
- Office
Al Barsha Heights (TECOM)
Tameem House
- Type
- Office
- Developer
- Verve Developments LLC
- Floors
- 30
- Completed
- 2011
Dubai Silicon Oasis
The Apricot
- Developer
- Maximus International FZC
- Floors
- 15
- Completed
- 2011
- Ownership
- Freehold
Business Bay
The Bay Gate
- Type
- Office
- Ownership
- Freehold
Business Bay
The Binary Tower
- Type
- Office
- Ownership
- Freehold
Business Bay
The Citadel Tower
- Type
- Office
- Developer
- Deyaar Development PJSC
- Floors
- 48
- Completed
- 2010
Jumeirah Lake Towers (JLT)
The Dome
- Type
- Office
- Completed
- 2010
- Ownership
- Freehold
Business Bay
The Exchange
- Type
- Office
- Ownership
- Freehold
DIFC
The Exchange DIFC
- Developer
- DIFC Authority
- Floors
- 8
- Completed
- 2018
DIFC
The Gate DIFC
- Developer
- DIFC Authority
- Floors
- 15
- Completed
- 2004
Arjan
The LX by Mulk
- Developer
- Mulk Holdings
1 unit listed
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Business Bay
The Metropolis Tower
- Type
- Office
- Ownership
- Freehold
One Central
The Offices 1
- Type
- Office
- Developer
- Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) Authority
- Completed
- 2021
One Central
The Offices 2
- Type
- Office
- Developer
- Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) Authority
- Completed
- 2021
One Central
The Offices 3
- Type
- Office
- Developer
- Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) Authority
- Completed
- 2021
One Central
The Offices 4
- Type
- Office
- Developer
- Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) Authority
- Completed
- 2021
One Central
The Offices 5
- Type
- Office
- Developer
- Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) Authority
- Completed
- 2021
Al Barsha Heights (TECOM)
The One by Prestige One
- Type
- Office
- Developer
- Prestige One Luxury Real Estate
- Floors
- 15
- Ownership
- Freehold
1 unit listed
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Al Barsha Heights (TECOM)
The One Tower
- Floors
- 47
- Completed
- 2014–2015
- Ownership
- Freehold
Business Bay
The Opus
- Type
- Mixed-use
- Developer
- Omniyat
- Completed
- 2020
Business Bay
The Prism Tower
- Type
- Office
- Ownership
- Freehold
Meydan Horizon
The Symphony
- Type
- Office
- Developer
- Imtiaz Developments
2 units listed
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Meydan Horizon
The Winslow
- Type
- Office
- Developer
- IGO Developments
- Ownership
- Freehold
2 units listed
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DLRC
The WOW Tower
- Type
- Office
- Developer
- Mr. Eight Development
- Ownership
- Freehold
1 unit listed
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Al Barsha Heights (TECOM)
Thuraya Telecommunications Tower
- Type
- Office
- Floors
- 20
Jumeirah Lake Towers (JLT)
Tiffany Tower
- Type
- Office
- Ownership
- Freehold
International City
Tomorrow Commercial Tower
- Developer
- Tomorrow World
2 units listed
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Al Furjan
Trussardi Residences Phase II
- Type
- Mixed-use
- Developer
- Mira Developments
- Floors
- 10
1 unit listed
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WHAT EACH BUILDING PROFILE COVERS
I've done the legwork so you don't have to assemble a building's story from ten different listings. Every profile follows the same seven-part structure, so once you've read one, you can navigate any of them at a glance: an overview of the building's identity, completion and developer; its office stock and tenant profile; the rental market; the sales market; location and access; the risks and watchpoints worth knowing before you commit; and a strategic perspective on how the building fits a wider investment or occupational plan.
Each profile also carries a current photograph of the building, along with its area, completion status and ownership type — the essentials, in one place.
HOW TO USE THIS DIRECTORY
Most people approach the market with a single question: which building should I take space in, or buy into? In practice, that's the wrong place to start. A more effective approach is to begin with what you're trying to achieve — a headquarters address, a low-cost back office, a yield-led investment, a strata unit to occupy and own — and then map that to the submarkets and buildings that fit. A cost-conscious occupier and an institution chasing a trophy asset should be looking at completely different parts of this directory.
Read the building profile for the narrative, then use the submarket groupings to compare buildings on a like-for-like basis. Over time, that builds a genuine feel for how Dubai's office stock is structured — and where the value actually sits.
WHY BUILDING-LEVEL DETAIL MATTERS
In a market that moves as quickly as Dubai's, the difference between a good decision and an expensive one is usually detail. Two towers on the same street can differ by a full grade, a wide rent spread, and a very different tenant covenant — and none of that shows up in a glossy area overview. For occupiers, building choice drives everything from fit-out cost to staff retention to how clients read your address.
For investors, it drives yield, liquidity, and the depth of the resale and leasing market you'll rely on at exit. Getting the building right is the part of the process that actually compounds. That's the gap this directory is built to close: not lifestyle copy, but the observable, building-level facts that determine how an office asset performs.
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Median office and retail prices per square foot, sourced directly from Dubai Land Department transaction records, tracking monthly data back to 2009.
Residential buyers have had public price benchmarks for years. Commercial investors haven't, until now.
The Mitchell's Dubai Commercial Real Estate Index is a free, publicly accessible index built specifically for Dubai's office and retail markets, with three sub-indices, All Commercial, Office and Retail, so office-heavy and retail-heavy portfolios can each track the benchmark that actually applies to them. Every data point is unedited Dubai Land Department transaction data, normalised to a base value of 100 in 2022: transparent methodology, no black box.
- Source
- Dubai Land Department transaction data
- Sub-indices
- Office, Retail & All-Commercial
- History
- Monthly, back to January 2009
- Access
- Free & publicly accessible
HOW DUBAI'S COMMERCIAL SUBMARKETS DIFFER
Business Bay holds the largest pool of commercial stock in the city, with a wide range of grades and price points, predominantly freehold and strata, and direct Metro access. DIFC is the prime financial district and the top of the rental range, Grade A throughout and tightly held. Sheikh Zayed Road is the original corporate spine — landmark towers with arterial visibility and established Grade A and B stock. Jumeirah Lake Towers offers competitively priced free-zone space, largely strata-owned, favoured for yield over prestige. Downtown Dubai adds limited but high-specification floors in a premium address. Beyond the core, Al Barsha Heights, One Central, Dubai Internet City, Dubai Media City and Dubai Silicon Oasis each serve a defined occupier type, while Deira and Bur Dubai hold Dubai's older, value-priced commercial core. A growing share of future supply is also emerging in master-planned districts such as Meydan Horizon, JVT and Motor City; those buildings are off-plan, and their specifications are subject to completion.
MAKE AN INFORMED PROPERTY DECISION
I'm a firm believer that good property decisions start with good information — and that's what this directory is for. Use it to compare buildings, sense-check what an agent has told you, and get a real feel for how each submarket behaves before you commit to a lease or an acquisition. But office requirements and investment strategies are never one-size-fits-all. If you'd like a view tailored to your objectives — whether that's a yield-led acquisition, a freehold purchase to occupy, or the right headquarters address — let's talk. With nearly two decades operating in the Dubai market, I work directly with investors and occupiers to match the right building to the right brief. Explore the directory below, and when you're ready to take the next step, reach out for a one-to-one consultation.
Commercial unit valuation
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Occupying a commercial building in Dubai is a sequence of approvals: a fit-out permit from the right authority, a landlord NOC, Civil Defence sign-off, a DEWA connection and a registered lease. These are our own guides and articles on each of them.
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Guides
Commercial Fit-Out & Building Permits in Dubai
Which regulator controls your fit-out — Dubai Municipality, Trakhees, DDA, DIFC or DMCC — and the landlord NOC layered on top.
DEWA, Dubai Civil Defence & Other NOCs Required for Commercial Fit-Out
The two approvals that apply across the whole of Dubai whichever planning authority governs the plot, and who pays for them.
Dubai Municipality Building Permit Process for Commercial Fit-Out
DM’s own published procedure: who may submit, how decoration works are inspected, and which Al Sa’fat clauses bite.
Master-Developer Fit-Out Standards: Landlord & Building Management NOCs
The landlord layer that sits on top of the government permit, and why it often gates the statutory application.
Dubai Commercial Fit-Out Approvals: Timelines and Responsibilities
The processing times each authority publishes, the ones that publish none, and how duty is split between landlord, tenant and contractor.
Snagging, Handover and Completion Certificates
The certificate that lets you occupy and trade, and how snagging, sign-off and the defects liability period fit together.
Dubai Civil Defence Approval: Fire & Life Safety
No commercial premises is licensed — or relicensed — without a valid certificate. What the law requires and which category a building falls into.
DEWA Electrical Load and Connection Requirements
The document checklist, the connection stages and their service-level times, and what to check about spare capacity before signing.
The Dubai Trade Licence Process Step by Step
The fixed government sequence from business activity to licence issuance, and where property investors most often trip up.
Dubai Commercial Landlord–Tenant Law
Rent-increase bands, notice periods, eviction grounds and the dispute route, taken from the legislation itself.
Strata Law and Owners’ Associations in Dubai
How a shared building is governed. The owners’ committee, the management company, service charges, Mollak and the reserve fund.
Grade A vs Grade B Offices in Dubai Explained
The specification, location, management and certification that separate the two grades, and who occupies each.
Articles
Dubai Commercial Real Estate Record Occupancy
What record office and prime-retail occupancy means for an occupier looking for space.
Implications of Dubai’s Smart Rental Index 2025 for Landlords and Tenants
How the Land Department’s index prices rentals on building quality, location and amenities.
Dubai Real Estate Regulation Guide
Two decades of reform, from freehold ownership through escrow law to the rental index.
Dubai Property Valuation: A Complete Guide
Valuation methods, what they cost, and the regulations that sit behind them.
Buying Commercial Property in Dubai? Know the VAT Rules
How VAT applies to a commercial purchase, who is responsible for paying it, and what it means for the transaction.
Dubai Commercial Real Estate Supply Now At All-Time Low
Why office and retail demand is running ahead of what the pipeline is delivering.